Dr. Demento is really Barry Hansen. He started out in radio and became a A & R guy for a record company, which is what he did when his Dr. Demento show was going on. He has a very large collection of records.

The show went into syndication in 1974. For at least a couple years, Barry would record the show at a studio in South Pasadena behind Gus's, and it was mailed out the the subscriber stations around the country. My friend is a recording engineer and it was his studio. Hansen would record the lead-ins, and then they'd put in the songs, make space for or add the commercial, and mail them out.

I listened to Demento mostly in 1974-1976 in San Diego, and in the early 80s in LA. At the DooDah parade a couple years ago, there was a large section of seats saved for him.

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